Is Puerto Santander safe? Colombia travel risk

Regional advisory: The US State Department rates Norte de Santander, where Puerto Santander is, Level 4: Do Not Travel, higher than Colombia overall (Level 3).

Is Puerto Santander safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026

Puerto Santander scores 70/100 on our travel risk index (Extreme). The US State Department rates Colombia Level 3 (Reconsider Travel, updated 31 Mar 2026); the UK FCDO advises against all but essential travel to parts of the country (updated 15 Oct 2026); Canada says: exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories). The US State Department rates Norte de Santander, where Puerto Santander is, Level 4: Do Not Travel, higher than Colombia overall (Level 3). No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. CDC travel health notice: Level 2, Yellow Fever in Colombia (18 Sep 2026). No change in government advice in the last 7 days.

Puerto Santander scores 70/100 (Extreme). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Colombia (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Puerto Santander: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.

Driven by: security (84/100) and crime and scams (79/100).

A score of 70 is higher than the scores of 90% of the 241 countries we cover.

Consult the Colombia travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.